Experience

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  Owner

  • Independent Artist&Designer

    • Feb 1987 - Present

    Self Employed.

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  Tribal Collections

  • Independant.

    • Jan 1989 - Mar 2013

    MILENE RUST HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN COLLECTING, DESIGNING AND SOURCING AFRICAN TRIBAL ART AND ANTIQUE BEADWORK FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. SHE HAS A MASTERS DEGREE IN FINE ART AND IN WHICH SHE HAS DONE FIELD TRIPS WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON AFRICAN ART AND RITUALS IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES.HER BUSINESS INVOLVES SOURCING UNIQUE PIECES OF TRIBAL ART FOR INDIVIDUAL COLLECTORS, MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES. YEARS OF HANDS-ON DEALINGS WITH TRADERS AND COLLECTORS ENABLES HER TO ASSESS THE VALUE AND AUTHENTICITY OF TRIBAL ART. HER FINE ARTS DEGREE HELPS WITH THE DEEP APPRECIATION OF THEIR AESTHETIC BEAUTY.SHE IS AN ALL ROUNDER WITH A NATURAL CREATIVE TALENT, WHICH HAS GIVEN HER A LIFESTYLE OF CREATIVE FREEDOM. SINCE 1995 SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED RUNNING AND DESIGNING THE INTERIORS OF HER OWN AFRICAN ART RETAIL GALLERY OUTLETS. HER WORK IS BOTH METAPHORE AND PRIVATE AND CLOSELY LINKED TO HER PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. HER APPROACH TO HER VISUAL WORK HAS GAINED HER FIRST HAND INFORMATION THROUGH DIRECT CONTACT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBAL PEOPLE AND THEIR PHILOSOPHIES. SHE HAS COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL MATERIAL AS WELL AS THE RELATED PHILOSOPHICAL TRENDS SUCH AS THE VARIOUS STRUCTURAL AND DECONSTRUCTION THEORIES OF THE PAST TWO DECADES. HER ANALYSIS OF THE WORK OF LEVI-STRAUSS IS WORTH MENTIONING. HER TASTE INVOLVES A WIDELY SELECTIVE CHOICE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY FOR SALE. SHE FREQUENTLY TRAVELS TO EAST AND WEST AFRICA AND HAS MET UP WITH ANGELA FISHER IN KENYA AND ARE CLOSELY CONNNECTED WITH THE DESIGNERS ON THE EAST COAST OF AFRICA.HER WORK AND PRIVATE RESIDENCE HAS BEING PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES. SHE HAS BEEN INVITED TO DESIGN FOR GALLERIES LA FAYETTE (PARIS), HARVEY NICHOLS ( UK), MACY'S AND PENNEY'S IN NEW YORK.

  • Artist/Designer/Tribal Art Collector.

    • Jan 1987 - Mar 2013

    http://www.tribalcollections.co.za

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  University of Stellenbosch

  • Stellenbosch

  • Lecturer - Philosophy of Art/History. Tutorial.

    • Feb 1985 - Nov 1986
    • Stellenbosch

    Contemporary Art Theory, Philosophy and Criticism.